Looking for a Beszel Alternative?
Same lightweight monitoring, without running your own hub. Status pages and incident management included.
Start Free - 5 MonitorsNo credit card required · 2-minute setup
Quick Comparison
| Feature | Beszel | FiveNines |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted hub + agent | Fully managed |
| Built-in status pages | ||
| Incident management | ||
| Cron job monitoring | ||
| Proxmox VM monitoring | ||
| GPU monitoring | ||
| Uptime monitoring | ||
| Vulnerability scanning | ||
| Starting price | Free (self-hosted) | Free / $0.5/node/mo |
| Total Cost of Ownership | Free + server + maintenance time | Free / from €0.50/host/mo |
No hub to babysit
Beszel requires you to run and maintain a hub server. If the hub goes down, you lose visibility. FiveNines is managed - install the agent, done.
Status pages built in
Share uptime with your users on a public status page. No need to bolt on a separate tool like Upptime or Cachet alongside your monitoring.
Incident tracking
When something breaks, track it from alert to resolution. Timeline, updates, postmortems - all in one place instead of scattered across Slack threads.
Why FiveNines for Beszel Users
No hub to maintain. Beszel requires running and securing a hub server. If it goes down, your monitoring is blind. FiveNines is fully managed, so you monitor your infrastructure without adding more infrastructure to monitor.
Status pages and incident tracking included. Beszel gives you metrics. FiveNines gives you metrics, public status pages, incident management with timelines, and workflow automation. One platform instead of stitching together separate tools.
2-minute setup, free tier included. Install one agent, start seeing metrics. No Docker Compose files for the hub, no reverse proxy configuration, no database backups. The free tier includes 5 monitors with all features.
Deeper coverage. Beyond basic server metrics, FiveNines adds Proxmox VM monitoring, cron job tracking, vulnerability scanning, and multi-channel alerting via Slack, Discord, Telegram, and webhooks.
When Beszel might be a better fit
If you're running a homelab and want full control over your monitoring data with zero cost, Beszel is a decent option. It covers basic server metrics and Docker stats. FiveNines is the better choice when you need a managed service with status pages, incident management, Proxmox and QEMU VM monitoring, and don't want to maintain monitoring infrastructure on top of the infrastructure you're already monitoring.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Related Features
Docker Monitoring
Per-container CPU, memory, network & disk stats without Prometheus or cAdvisor.
Status Pages
Public status pages with real-time status, incident history, and embeddable badges.
Uptime Monitoring
HTTPS, TCP, ICMP, and DNS checks from multiple regions with SSL certificate tracking.
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